Starting tomorrow, August 17, 2009, the St. Margarets’ Bay Yacht Club in Nova Scotia will be hosting one of the world’s premier regattas. What is sometimes simply referred to as the “Laser Worlds” is split into two distinct events: Laser Senior World Championship – August 17-August 26, 2009 Laser Masters World Championship – August 27-September 5, … Read more
Rob Koci, winner of this year’s Radial Fleet (the new David Barr Cup), writes a sailing diary for District 3 of the International Laser Class Association. Here are some excerts from his report on the 2009 Mids event: “I am a big fan of Sturgeon Lake. Two years ago, I came to the venue and got … Read more
Summer version 2009 continues in full form this week at SLSC! We have a great week planned out and lots of updates to give ya! Here’s the news and this week’s sneak peek of the week! Amy & Kate: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Huuuuge news!!! Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club is now home to National Champions. Amy … Read more
SLSC is once again the home club of Canadian Youth champions. In the mid 1970s, Greg Tawaststjerna twice won the Canadian Youth Championships in the Laser. On Thursday August 7, Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas were crowned 2009 Canadian Youth Champions in the Club 420 at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Amy and Kate started the … Read more
The south wind that dominated the Mid-Ontario Regatta stayed around to provide some great sailing conditions for the Civic weekend regatta. Civic weekend saw 6 fleets hit the water Saturday and the infamous Parent-Child fleet out on Sunday. The conditions both days were sunny with a steadily building breeze. The Laser fleet had only 4 … Read more
A successful Civic regatta this past long weekend marked the halfway point of this summer’s amazing SLSC experience. But it’s definitely not back to school shopping time quite yet – there are still loads of time for more sailing! July was a spectacular month, both on and off the water: our race teams had positive … Read more
After a very successful Mid-Ontario regatta last weekend Sturgeon Lake will once again be the testing field for a smaller fleet of local boats. For those who are unfamiliar with this event, it is SLSC’s annual local regatta, open to all sailors young and old. The main event takes place Saturday: a big course will … Read more
Amy and Kate are now in Victoria preparing for the start of the Canadian Youth Championships hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The Regatta is an annual event and brings together many of the best 18 and under sailors in the country. This year’s event starts August 1 with training and a practice race. The Regatta … Read more
The Mid Ontario Report can be found on the MIDS page, along with a link to the results and to the Regatta photographs.
Eight SLSC sailors participated in Port Credit’s Four Sisters Regatta on the weekend of July 18-19. This Regatta, sailed back to back with the Steerers Regatta, is the largest gathering of dinghy sailors in the province other than CORK and this year the numbers were north of 400 sailors…a remarkable event for that alone. Being able to pull … Read more
Get ready for Week 4! This summer at SLSC has certainly been one of a kind. Games have been played, friends have been made and many boats have been sailed! But we’re only 3/8ths of our way through! This has been just the tip of the iceberg – so much more sailing is to be … Read more